*************GA QUESTION********** Ques. : 1 Who among the following candidates created a new record in the history of General Elections in India by winning the election with a margin of 5.7 lakh votes? 1) Darshana Jardosh, Surat 2) CR Patil, Navsari 3) VK Singh, Ghaziabad 4) Narendra Modi, Vadodara 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 2 Which of the following automakers in the US will pay a record $35 mn fine over faulty ignition switches? The US govt’s investigated the company for recall of 2.59 mn small cars with the above issue. 1) General Motors 2) Toyota 3) Ford 4) Renault 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 3 The veteran hotelier Capt CP Krishnan Nair, who died recently, was associated with which of the following hotel chains? 1) Clarks 2) Oberoi 3) Trident 4) Leela Palace 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 4 ‘Project-75India’ is associated with which of the following armed forces? 1) Indian Navy 2) Indian Army 3) Indian Air Force 4) BSF 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 5 Name the Hollywood star was conferred with a special honour, ‘Most Popular All Time International Star in India,’ at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards recently? 1) Uma Thurman 2) John Travolta 3) Bruce Willis 4) Tom Cruise 5) Nicolas Cage Ans.) 2 Ques. : 6 Which of the following does not represent the name of a bank functioning in India? 1) Indusind 2) Kotak Mahindra 3) Yes 4) Tata 5) Federal Ans.) 4 Ques. : 7 Many a time we come across a term GDR. What is the expanded form of the same in the context of banking/economy? 1) Gross Depository Revenue 2) Global Depository Receipt 3) Gross Domestic Revenue 4) Global Depository Revenue 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 8 Which of the following stock exchanges will cease to exist from May 30 after it failed to adhere to several new regulatory requirements outlined by markets regulator Sebi? It was a 76-year-old stock exchange. 1) Jaipur Stock Exchange 2) Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange 3) Bangalore Stock Exchange 4) Madras Stock Exchange 5) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Ans.) 4 Ques. : 9 A new political party that meets the 4% criterion in a particular state is recognised as a state party in that state. To gain recognition as a national party, a party must be recognised as a state party in at least ________states. 1) two 2) three 3) four 4) five 5) six Ans.) 3 Ques. : 10 Which of the following islands became the first island in the world fully energy self-sufficient through combined water and wind power recently? 1) El Hierro 2) Mindanao 3) Hokkaido 4) Sakhalin 5) Banks Island Ans.) 1 Ques. : 11 The expert committee headed by former Axis Bank Chairman, PJ Nayak, constituted to review the governance of Boards of Banks in India, submitted its report recently. Which of the following is NOT recommended by the Committee? 1) Banks should not be incorporated under the Companies Act. 2) A Bank Investment Company should be constituted where the govt holding in all the banks should be transferred. 3) If a bank is identified as ‘distressed’, private equity and sovereign wealth funds should be permitted to take a controlling stake of up to 40 per cent. 4) There should be a minimum five-year tenure for bank chairmen and minimum three year tenure for executive directors. 5) Constraints like applicability of the Right to Information Act should be rapidly eliminated or significantly reduced in order to avoid erosion of competitiveness. Ans.) 1 Ques. : 12 The BJP became the first political party in India to get a majority in the General Election on its own since _______when the Indian National Congress had done so. 1) 1952 2) 1962 3) 1971 4) 1984 5) 1989 Ans.) 4 Ques. : 13 Name the footballer who agreed to sign a new contract with Barcelona making him the best paid player in the world recently? 1) Lionel Messi 2) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Neymar 4) Gareth Bale 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 14 Who among the following topped the list of UK billionaires made public in London recently? 1) Lord Swraj Paul 2) Lakshmi N Mittal 3) Prakash Lohia 4) Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja 5) Anil Agarwal Ans.) 4 Ques. : 15 The sixteenth Lok Sabha election has created a situation when no single party qualify for a Leader of the Opposition post as the rules mandated that the LoP should be from a party whose members constitute at least ________of the total strength of the House. 1) 5 per cent 2) 7 per cent 3) 10 per cent 4) 12 per cent 5) 15 per cent Ans.) 3 Ques. : 16 Russi Mody, who passed away, recently, was former chief of which of the following companies? 1) Tisco (now Tata Steel) 2) Telco (now Tata Motors) 3) Balco 4) Nalco 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 17 Citizens of which of the following counties rejected adopting world’s highest minimum wage (25 dollars an hour) in a referendum held there recently? 1) Switzerland 2) Norway 3) South Korea 4) US 5) France Ans.) 1 Ques. : 18 India suffered loss to Malaysia in Thomas Cup held in New Delhi recently. Thomas Cup is associated with which of the following games? 1) Women’s tennis 2) Men’s tennis 3) Men’s badminton 4) Women’s badminton 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 19 Nabam Tuki was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of which of the following states after the assembly poll held there recently? 1) Mizoram 2) Manipur 3) Tripura 4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 20 The RBI is all set to launch one billion plastic notes of Rs 10 denomination in a field trial in five cities selected for their geographical and climatic diversity. Which of the following cities is NOT among them? 1) Bhubaneswar 2) Jaipur 3) Mysore 4) Kochi 5) Chennai Ans.) 5 Ques. : 21 Which of the following countries approved a new tax regime, recently, under which those with annual net income of over USD 333,000 will be subject to a 45 per cent income tax rate? 1) Taiwan (Republic of China) 2) South Korea 3) Singapore 4) Philippines 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 22 Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is a multi-national forum for peace, security and stability in Asia. The fourth CICA summit was held in which of the following cities recently? 1) Istanbul 2) Astana 3) Shanghai 4) Ankara 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 23 Sir Jack Brabham, who passed away, recently, was three-time _______ world champion. 1) Badminton 2) Chess 3) Squash 4) Formula One 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 24 The Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), an Indian NGO manufacturing the world famous Jaipur Foot, signed an agreement with which of the following countries to supply artificial limbs to some 1000 people free of cost recently? 1) Iraq 2) Syria 3) Libya 4) Afghanistan 5) Turkey Ans.) 4 Ques. : 25 Biju Janata Dal won the recent assembly polls in Odisha. Who among the following is all set to become the next Chief Minister of the state? 1) Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 2) Srikant Kumar Jena 3) Baijayant Panda 4) Pyarimohan Mohapatra 5) Naveen Patnaik Ans.) 5 Ques. : 26 Who among the following won women’s singles title at the Rome Masters tennis tournament recently? 1) Sara Errani 2) Serena Williams 3) Victoria Azarenka 4) Maria Sharapova 5) Venus Williams Ans.) 2 Ques. : 27 According to the advance estimates released by the Govt, the foodgrains production is likely to cross ______million tonnes in 2013-14 in the country. It will be the highest ever production of food grains in the country. 1) 257 2) 264 3) 271 4) 288 5) 295 Ans.) 2 Ques. : 28 Balkan countries are scrambling to rescue victims and battling landslides as the worst floods hit the area since modern recording began 120 years ago. Which of the following is NOT a Balkan country? 1) Bulgaria 2) Albania 3) Herzegovina 4) Bosnia 5) None of these Ans.) 5 Ques. : 29 The Defence Minister of Laos, Douangchay Phichit, and others were killed in a plane crash in the country recently. Which of the following is the capital city of Laos? 1) Phuket 2) Pattaya 3) Vientiane 4) Hanoi 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 30 Pawan Chamling has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?1) Tripura 2) Manipur 3) Mizoram 4) Sikkim 5) Meghalaya Ans.) 4 Ques. : 31 The military of which of the following countries imposed martial law in the country amid a political crisis recently? 1) Afghanistan 2) Libya 3) Vietnam 4) Thailand 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 32 The Supreme Court banned ‘jallikattu’ (bull fighting) and bullock cart racing in which of the following states recently? 1) Karnataka 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Maharashtra 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 33 In a breakthrough, scientists have for the first time discovered a revolutionary technique to turn light into matter. The idea was first theorised by scientists _________in 1934. 1) Gregory Breit and John Wheeler 2) Albert Einstein 3) Max Bom and Wemer Heisenberg 4) Paul Dirac and John Bardeen 5) Michael Faraday Ans.) 1 Ques. : 34 China lashed out at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for backing Vietnam over tensions in the South China Sea recently. Who among the following is the Secretary General of ASEAN at present? 1) Phung Quang Thanh 2) Ong Keng Yong 3) Marty Natalegawa 4) Nguyen Tan Dung 5) Le Luong Minh Ans.) 5 Ques. : 35 In its recent verdict, the of Supreme Court ordered interim stay on iron ore mining in which of the following states by companies whose leases have expired and directed the state govt to consider and dispose of all renewal applications within six months? 1) Karnataka 2) Goa 3) Jharkhand 4) Odisha 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 36 Paleontologists have discovered fossils of the largest dinosaur ever to roam the earth in which of the following countries recently? The creature is believed to be a new species of Titanosaur. 1) Egypt 2) Argentina 3) Chile 4) Bolivia 5) Paraguay Ans.) 2 Ques. : 37 As announced by the Russian President, the country is all set to sign a major gas deal with which of the following countries in order to diversifying gas supply destinations amid tension in ties with the West over Ukraine? 1) Kazakhstan 2) Pakistan 3) India 4) China 5) None of these Ans.) 4 Ques. : 38 The ace player Rakesh Kumar, who emerged as the top money earner in a recent auction for a league, is associated with which of the following games? 1) Kho-kho 2) Kabaddi 3) Hockey 4) Badminton 5) Football Ans.) 2 Ques. : 39 The term of members of which of the following institutions is co-terminus with the union govt and all its members submit their resignation after the general elections? 1) Election Commission 2) Central Vigilance Commission 3) Planning Commission 4) Finance Commission 5) None of these Ans.) 3 Ques. : 40 Who among the following was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar recently? 1) Ramai Ram 2) Jitan Ram Manjhi 3) Basistha Narayan Singh 4) Narendra Singh 5) None of these Ans.) 2Ques. : 41 Who among the following succeeded Narendra Modi as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat state? 1) Nitinbhai Patel 2) Parsottambhai Rupala 3) Amit Shah 4) Anandiben Patel 5) Ramanlal Vora Ans.) 4 Ques. : 42 The RBI governor announced that the central bank is planning to issue bank licences with restrictions and encourage payment banks. As he mentioned, what will be the function(s) of such banks? Payment banks 1) will not take deposits. 2) will offer payment and remittance services. 3) will be constrained to invest all its funds in safe instruments such as govt securities. 4) All the above 5) Only 2) and 3) Ans.) 5 Ques. : 43 The World Free Zones Organization (WFZO), aimed at providing a platform for boosting cooperation among free zones globally, was launched with its headquarters in _____recently. 1) Dubai 2) New Delhi 3) Shanghai 4) Ottawa 5) Manila Ans.) 1 Ques. : 44 The US announced to never use a vaccine campaign again in counterterrorism operations, recently. It had used such campaign in which of the following major operations? 1) Operation Neptune Spear 2) Operation Odyssey Dawn 3) Operation Geronimo 4) Operation Desert Storm 5) Operation Eagle Claw Ans.) 3 Ques. : 45 A new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that forced labour worldwide generates illegal profits of at least USD 150 bn a year. The ILO is headquartered at 1) Geneva 2) Wellington 3) Perth 4) Hague 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 46 A US court convicted cleric Abu Hamza for supporting terrorism, recently. He was extradited to the US from _______in 2012 after an eight year legal battle. 1) Jordon 2) UAE 3) UK 4) Saudi Arabia 5) France Ans.) 3 Ques. : 47 Name the chief minister who is all set to surpass the record of former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu of being the longest serving chief minister of the country? 1) Naveen Patnaik 2) Pawan Chamling 3) Shivraj Singh Chauhan 4) Nabam Tuki 5) None of these Ans.) 2 Ques. : 48 The PJ Nayak Committee, which has submitted its report to the RBI, has mention about the dual regulation of public sector banks (PSBs) as they are regulated by the RBI as well as the________. 1) Ministry of Finance 2) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 3) Ministry of Law 4) Ministry of Home Affairs 5) None of these Ans.) 1 Ques. : 49 An expert group of the Planning Commission has estimated that India needs to invest _________for lower emissions by 2030. 1) USD 400 bn 2) USD 634 bn 3) USD 750 bn 4) USD 834 bn 5) USD 900 bn Ans.) 4 Ques. : 50 Morgan Stanley predicted that India will emerge from stagflation over next few quarters. Which of the following are the features of the stagflation in a country’s economy? 1) Persistent high inflation 2) High unemployment 3) Stagnant demand 4) All the above 5) Only 1) and 3) Ans.) 4
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